Morrisons' job losses unlikely to be last in sector
Bad news continues to dog supermarket chain Morrisons, with the announcement last month that 2,600 store managers were likely to lose their jobs as part of a review of its retail operations.
Archives for June 30, 2014
Acrylamide is a bigger cancer risk, says EFSA
Acrylamide poses a bigger cancer risk to consumers – particularly children – than previously thought, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has warned.
Quick changes for FIR compliance
Coding specialist Interactive Coding Equipment (ICE) is offering kit which it claims will help food companies prepare for the new EU Food information for Consumers regulation (FIR), which comes into force on December 13.
Greggs ‘on front foot’ as strategy pays off
Greggs’s strategy is paying off, according to Sahill Shan, analyst at N+1 Singer, as the food-to-go chain disclosed strong half-year (H1) figures, ahead of interim results next month.
Control speed and quality in bagging
Vertical form-fill-seal (VFFS) for light product, whether crisps or salad, is one of those areas where line speed, handling and quality control have to be balanced against each other. In particular, how do you integrate metal detection without reducing...
Young’s Seafood to set up white fish, salmon centres
Young’s Seafood has outlined the next steps in its chilled food strategy, with the firm planning investments in two centres of excellence at its Fraserburgh and Marsden Road sites.
Britain’s top private food and drink companies
Brakes is Britain’s top private food and drink business, with annual sales of more than £3bn and profits of £140M, according to The Top Track 100 compiled by The Sunday Times.
New marinating system for Dutch processor
Dutch food processor 2 Sisters Storteboom, a division of UK-based 2 Sisters Food Group, has installed a new ValueDrum marinating system from Marel at its Zeewolde plant.
Work chocolate harder with new Barry Callebaut solution
High-quality chocolate and cocoa products manufacturer Barry Callebaut has introduced a new chocolate product with increased technical capabilities for bakers, ice cream manufacturers and chocolatiers.
Health and safety comes before cost: 3M
Supermarket price wars and cost-cutting should not interfere with food and drink businesses’ health and safety practices, products and services company 3M has warned.
Oak explosion in drinks
An innovation explosion in the alcoholic beverage sector across Europe, the US and Asia has led a flavour and fragrance company to develop a new liquid oak extract.
Ancient meets modern
A range of ancient gluten-free grains have been led into the 21st century by ingredients firm Glanbia Nutritionals (GN), to cash in on the growing free-from trend.
Europe's largest algae refinery opened
Roquette has built a microalgae production unit at its Lestrem site near Calais in France, with the capability to produce 5,000t a year.
A sense for see-through bottles
A transparent-object sensor has been introduced, which is specifically designed for the food and beverage industry. It is said to offer better detection of objects such as glass bottles, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles, transparent trays or...
FMEAs open for entries
Entries for the 2014 Food Manufacturing Excellence Awards close on July 31. Don’t miss your chance to be a star. Enter online at www.foodmanwards.co.uk
High resolutions and high speeds with inkjet printer
A thermal inkjet printer has been introduced which gives users high resolutions for general coding, together with improved traceability and promotional coding at fast-moving line speeds.
Spiral ovens give bacon that home-cooked appeal
Cooking bacon in a spiral convection oven provides advantages over more usual linear microwave ovens, creating products that look and taste like they were pan-fried, according to Unitherm Food Systems.
VSDs reduce duck freezing costs
One of the UK’s largest producers of duck products is set to save £30,000 a year on freezing costs following the introduction of ABB variable-speed drives (VSDs) on its blast chiller application.
Discounters' costs will increase as they grow
News that supermarket chain Sainsbury had entered into a £25M joint venture (jv) with Dansk Supermarked to establish 15 Netto stores across the UK was further evidence that the major multiples recognised they needed to do more to address the inexorable...
Halal food tie-up to boost growth for Shazans Foods
Shazans Foods has secured funds that will boost growth and enable it to break into the chilled food arena for the first time via a deal with One Stop Halal.
Inkjet printer adds date codes on flow wrap
Traditional Scottish craft baker JG Ross has installed a small character continuous inkjet coder for the application of date codes and batch information to pre-printed flow wrap for its new gluten-free manufacturing facility at Portsoy in Aberdeenshire